Receptacle or container



Aug. yl() .1926.

J. J. COMPO RECEPTACLE on CONTAINER Filed July 29. 1924 Patented Aug. 10, 1926.

UNITED STATES 1,5%,ilfi

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J'. COMPO, OF DEFIANCE, OHO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF `IO W. E. COMPO, OIF DEFIANCE, OHIO.

RECEPTACLE OR CONTAINER.

Application filedl July 29, 1924. Serial No. 728,867.

This invention relates to improvements in receptacles or containers, and more particularly to that class or type'which are provided with a closed lid or cover, the pr sent embodiment of the invention being particularly designed and adapted for use as a receptacle or container for storage batteries and the like.

The primary object of the invention is toprovide a generally improved receptacle or container of the type or class indicated which will be exceedingly simple in construction= cheap of manufacture and efficient in use.

A further and very important object is the provision of improved means of strengthening, securingv and reinforcing the adjacent abutting or connected marginal portions of the container and cover, together with improved anchor, handle and cover securing elements, the improved anchor element being adapted to yform a relatively fixed abutment adapted to uniformly distribute the strains and stresses of actual service, thereby providing a maximum amount of strength with a minimum amount of material.

A further and important object is the provision of one .piece battery container body and cover elements admirably adapted to be formed of suitable molded material, such as hard rubber, or the like, adapted to be connected to each other in an improved manner -forminga liquid or fluid tight 1joint and providing a battery container of great strength and wear resisting qualities when mounted or clamped in position.

With the above mentioned and other ends in view, the inventionv consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts, hereinafter described, illustrated in one of its embodiments in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a top plan view of a covered battery receptacle or container, constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2, a fragmentary side elevation of the same, a portion of the adjacent connected marginal walls of the container and cover near the handle thereof beingv broken away for the purpose of clearer illustration of the parts.

Fig. 3, afragmentary end elevation, va portion of the adjacent connected marginal portions of the container and cover being broken away for the purpose of clearer illustration of the construction and operation of the cover attaching and clamping elements. l

Similar numerals ofreference designate like parts throughout all the figures of the drawings.

The present embodiment of the invention being particularly designed for use as a receptacle or container lfor storage batteries, comprises a one-piece container body l, mace Aup of suitable lateral or side and end walls l and l, respectively, with a suitable integral bottom wall, the container body being preferably formed of suitable molded material, such as hard rubber, or the like.

The one-piece cover 2, is likewise preferably formed of similar molded material and may be provided with suitable filler cap and postreceiving openings' (not shown) in accordance with the construction and arrangement of the interior battery elements and the connectors.

The present form of container and cover is particularly designed and adapted for use in connection with storage batteries of the type disclosed and claimed in my application filed March 10th, 1924, Serial No. 697,985, for improvements in elect-ric storage batteries in which the batt-ery elements and connectors are arranged beneath and carried bythe cover and are insertible in and removable from the Vbattery receptacle by said cover, the battery plates being assembled and kgrouped on the under side of the cover with the parts in reversed position and after which the battery container is passed thereover in the assembling operation.

The improved container is preferably provided along its upper marginaly edges `with an outwardly off-set'riinlb, affording a peripheral shoulder l". y

As ay means of providing an improved anchor or relatively fixed abutment element adapted to carry and support the handle and cover connecting and securing elements and adapted to take up and uniformly' distribute the strains and stresses of clamping the cover to the container, the upper marginal portions of the container are provided with an anchor element 3, said anchor element 3, in the present instance, heilig in the specic form of an anchor rim or frame extending about the upper marginal edges of the container walls, and in the present instance, being seated on or engaged by the off-set shoulder portion 1 of the rim 1b. The anchor rim 3 is preferably formed in continuous or endless form, as shown, and is preferably provided with integral handles 4, at the ends. The handes 4 may be formed of like material extending upwardly at the ends a suitable distance above the ends of the cover.

As a means of quickly and effectively attaching and detaching the cover 2, the anchor element or rim 3 is preferably provided with a plurality of equally spaced upward.- ly extending attaching elements 5, the latter being preferably .provided at their upper free ends with suitable clamping elements 5a, threaded thereon. dividually attaching and detaching the attaching elements 5, the latter are preferably in the specific form of hook bolts, as shown, the lower portions of the bolts being provided with outwardly disposed or extending hooks 5b, which engage directly beneath the anchor rod or rim 3 and permit the elements or bolts 5 to be swung outwardly to clear the marginal edges of the cover, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

As a means of quickly inserting or removing the attaching elements or bolts 5 and permitting the latter to be swung outwardly or inwardly with the anchor element 3 as a pivot point, the upper marginal edge of the container or rim portion thereof is provided with a series of upwardly extending bolt receiving recesses 1d, and the marginal edges of the cover 2 are provided with a series of corresponding recesses 2a, registering with the recesses ld of the container.

rlhe intermediate end portions of the container and cover are also provided with similarly shaped and arranged handle receiving recesses l'e and 2b to receive and contain the sides of the handle loops 4, as shown most clearly in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

As a means of further strengthening and reinforcing the ends of the battery cover 2, and of distributing the strains and stresses imparted by the battery holding clamps or devices while the battery is held in position during actual service, and also relieving the handle members 4 of any such strains or stresses while being so clamped or held in position, suitable end plates 6, are provided directly beneath the handles 4, said end plates being provided with upwardly extending iianges 6a with intermediate notches Gb, to receive and form a seat for suitable battery holding clamps, such as hook clamps, or the like, the inner ends of the end plates preferably being provided with depending flanges 6C adapted to seat within corresponding grooves 2c in the cover and thus prevent As a means of inlateral displacement, the plates being held in position by the attaching elements or hook bolts 5 located directly beneath the handles 4.

The clamping elements 5a of the ,attaching bolts 5 are preferably in the specific form of blind nuts of the acorn type, that is to say,-nuts in which the threaded openings in the nuts and correspondingly threaded ends of the bolts are concealed and protected by the exterior or covering portion of the nuts.

vI-Iaving thus described one of the einbodi- Y ments of the invention, without having attempted to set forth all the forms in which it may be made, or all the modes of its use, what is claimed and is desired to be secured by Letters Patent is,-

1. In a container, a supplemental anchor rim, a cover, and cover attaching elements pivoted on said supplemental anchor rim.

2. In a container, a surrounding anchor rim, a cover, and cover clamping elements extending between and detachably connected to said anchor rim and cover.

3. A storage battery container provided with an endless anchor rim having upwardlv extending outwardly swinging attaching elements, and a cover having marginal recesses normally receiving said attaching elements.

4. A storage battery container provided with an anchor rim having handles and upwardly extending outwardly swinging attaching elements, and a cover having marginal recesses normally receiving said handles and attaching elements.

5. In a storage battery. a container body provided with an otf-setrim, an anchor rim surrounding said container body and engaging said offset rim, a container cover, and cover attaching elements detachably connected to said anchor rim and constructed and arranged to swing outwardly over the latter.

6. In a container, an anchor rim provided with handles, a cover provided about its outer periphery with recesses. and a series of bolts arranged within said recesses and provided with hooks engaging said anchor rim, said bolts having clamps adapted to engage the marginal edges of said cover.

7. A storage battery container provided about its upper marginal edges with an anchor rim carrying end handles and a plurality of upwardly extending outwardly swinging hook bolts. said upper marginal edges of the container being provided with vertical bolt receiving recesses. and the cover being provided with similarly located recesses receiving said bolts and end handles.

3. A storage battery container provided about its entire upper marginal edges with a peripheral laterally oit-set shoulder, an endless anchor rim extending about said container beneath and engaged by said oil-set shoulder, handles secured to said anchor rim and extending upwardly from the ends of said container, and attaching hook bolts detachably connected to said anchor rim and provided with clamping elements engaging the marginal edge of said cover.

9. In a storage batteryT container provided about its upper marginal edges with an endless anchor rim provided With upwardly eX- tending handles', a series of laterally swing- -ceiving marginal recesses ing hook bolts connected to said anchor rim and spaced about said container and provided with clamping elements at their upper ends, and a container cover having bolt rereceiving said hook bolts and said handles and engaged by said clamping elements.

n In testimony whereot1 I have affixed my signature.

JOHN J. COMPO. 

